News/World (Page 191)

World Intense forest fires burning around a densely populated area of central Chile have caused at least 46 deaths, Chile’s president said Saturday evening, and officials said at least 1,100 homes had been destroyed. 92 blazes in central region have burned through at least 8,000 hectares, minister saysThe Associated PressContinue Reading

World An Irish nationalist made history Saturday by becoming Northern Ireland’s first minister as the government returned to work after a two-year boycott by unionists. Sinn Fein’s vice-president chosen after 2-year shutdown of power-sharing governmentThe Associated Press · Posted: Feb 03, 2024 11:01 AM EST | Last Updated: February 3Continue Reading

World Sixteen people were killed, among them civilians, and 25 injured in overnight U.S. airstrikes on pro-Iran targets in Iraq, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s office said on Saturday. Iraq summons U.S. chargé d’affaires in protest over airstrikes, state media saysThomson Reuters · Posted: Feb 03, 2024 8:31 AM ESTContinue Reading

World Dr. Saleh Eleiwa, an emergency physician at Al-Shifa Hospital, was on a call with his cousin in Canada on Nov. 18 when he approached an IDF checkpoint while evacuating the hospital under Israeli raid. Witnesses have told the family that Eleiwa was taken by the IDF, but neither IsraelContinue Reading

The United States is experiencing a historic migration surge, and the political fallout is spreading to some far-flung and unpredictable places. In Washington, it’s pushed the federal government to the verge of a constitutional standoff with Texas, and it could lead to the first impeachment of a federal cabinet member in 148 years.Continue Reading

The U.S. military launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Friday, in the opening salvo of retaliation for the drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan last weekend, according to the U.S. militaryContinue Reading

World A U.S. federal judge in Washington formally postponed Donald Trump’s March trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election as a key legal appeal from the former president continues to work its way through the courts. Former U.S. president currently facing 4 indictments and 91 felony countsTheContinue Reading

Mona Abdel Jabbar felt her teenage son Tawfic should get to know his Palestinian relatives and connect with his family’s heritage. So last spring, they put their life in New Orleans temporarily on hold and moved to their ancestral village north of Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. By all accounts, Tawfic’s experience wasContinue Reading

World A judge on Friday acquitted climate activist Greta Thunberg of a charge that she had refused to follow a police order to leave a protest that blocked the entrance to a major oil and gas industry conference in London last year. Judge criticizes police for ‘unclear’ orders and otherContinue Reading